SXSW notes on Walk the Moon, DJ Clockwork, Wussy and Foxy Shazam

Several of Cincinnati's biggest artists scored some national attention for their appearances in Austin during the just-concluded South By Southwest festival.

• Among various other appearances in Austin during South By Southwest, RCA Records' Walk the Moon were also featured at the mtvU Woodie Awards Festival. The fest (streamed live online) was an offshoot of the Woodie Awards ceremony, which had Walk the Moon nominated for the new artist award (or, as they call it, the Breaking Woodie … which just sounds painful). Fellow Ohioan, rapper Machine Gun Kelly, ended up scoring that prize.

• DJ Clockwork was also at the Woodies, as the DJ for the awards' big winner, hot Pittsburgh MC Mac Miller. Miller took home the big prize — Woodie of the Year — as well as the "Performing Woodie." Check out a clip of Miller, Clockwork and the rest of the crew below.

• Rockers Foxy Shazam played a couple of shows at SXSW. But, more importantly, the band members got to meet "Downtown" Julie Brown! Brown interviewed the band in Austin for Billboard's online column, The Music Insider. Check it:

• The critical frenzy for Wussy has kicked into overdrive since the release of the group's latest album, Strawberry, and subsequent touring behind it. The band was featured on the Village Voice site before a show in NYC earlier this month and longtime champion and legendary music critic Robert Christgau drooled all over the band again in a just-published essay in which he calls Wussy the best band in America. (He also calls Cincinnati "unhip," but don't worry — he knows music much better than he knows Midwestern cities.)

Wussy also drew solid crowds at South By Southwest, thanks partly to a recommendation from the Austin weekly paper, but also due to the slow buzz that's been building for the band in general. KEXP, the excellent Seatlle-based public radio station, aired a live performance by Wussy from the festival. Click here to give it a listen. KEXP also posted a bit about the performance and some great photos of the band here.